Evernight (Evernight #1)

Reader reviewed by Andrea

This story makes your heart reach out to a couple from two different worlds. Lucas hates vampires with all his being and spying on them in evernight academy isn't a big thrill for him.
Bianca isn't too thrilled starting over in a new school far from her friends and wants to run away from her parents who are just beginning as teachers in evernight.When these two meet it seems like this school won't be so horrible after all.It's too late to turn back after their encounter in the woods because these two can't deny what they feel.But when the realize the truth behind the lies in their lives can they still be together?This book keeps you surprised with each page turn and leaves you waiting for more.I love the series and I'm ecstatic to have the final book coming out this March!

Reader reviewed by Lachelle

Evernight is a romantic novel that really captivates you. It is a must read for ages 13+ (although I'm only 11 and I read this). Evernight is a story for Twilight fans it includes drama between a vampire and a vampire HUNTER!!! Claudia Gray makes you wanting more and more. Lovely Biancia (vampire) and dreamy Lucas (vampire hunter) fall in love and where does that lead them? You're gonna have to read Evernight just to find out what happens!

Reader reviewed by Abby

Evernigth academy is about a young girl named bianca who has fell in love with the wonderful mysterious lucas. what bianca doesnt no, is that their both hidding a secret that can change both their lives forever.

The most attention grabbing book ive read since the twilight sequel!
all vampires lovers will love this book for years to come!

Reader reviewed by christie

this is another good book.its about a vampire girl named biance.binaces parents are teachers at vampire sanctuary school evernight.bianca sneaks out of the schhol the morning when classes begin to escape then she runs into a guy named lucas who stops her.time goes on lucas and biance fall in love,then lucas is shown as a black cross hunter a vampire hunter and biance is a half vampire she has to feed on a human to become a full one then biance and lucas are torn apart.but theyre love is too powerful to be ripped apart by mere powerful ancient vampire.

Reader reviewed by bookmac

Okay, So Evernight was just another typical vampire story...that was totally awesome! I know I said before that I was getting a little tired of the Vamp stories but this one was totally original and I loved it. Evernight took a completely different twist on what it's really like to be a teen vamp, and readers will be thrilled by the hot romance and intriguing plot.

So Bianca, our sweet main character, is a "miracle baby" a baby, born from two vampires -in other terms, Impossible. But as she grows (drinking blood with her regular food) she knows that she is destined to be a vampire (as she is not fully one yet), and she will become one once she makes her first kill.

Bianca is willing to accept that lifestyle, it is what she has always known must transpire, but her thoughts began to change when she meets rebellious Lucas, one of the many new mortals that attend her elite vampire boarding school. So of course Bianca and Lucas fall for each other, - and have some steamy make-out scenes - but then Lucas learns what Bianca really is, as does Bianca about Lucas.

Now the two lovers are at a dangerous point in there relationship, a modern Romeo and Juliet, how can Bianca love someone who could never love her kind, and how could Lucas love the one person he is taught to despise...pretty interesting, especially when the Evernight adults get involved.

So the two lovebirds do something no one saw coming, something only a couple of love high teenagers would do, something reader will L.O.V.E! But I can't tell you what happens because it'll ruin the book, all I can tell you is that this book is very well written, the plot is excellent, and the characters are to die for (ha!). So check it out!

Reader reviewed by Kathleen

Evernight by Claudia Gray is one of those books that you start at midnight and finish around four in the morning. You know the type; Short, sweet, to the point, and addictive. I would never in a million years call this a fantastic book, however, as an overnight crawl under the covers and dont sleep book, Evernight is pretty much perfect.

The story centers on Bianca and her experience at her new boarding school, Evernight Academy, where her parents have just become teachers. On her first day she meets Lucas, another new student who feels just as out of place amidst the lofty, rich regulars. Theres vampires too but it would ruin the whole first half of the book if I told you who and where. I mean, youll figure it out pretty quick but expect the unexpected.

What makes this book good? It takes the ridiculously unoriginal idea of vampires and a gothic boarding school and adds a little twist that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. Biancas friend Lucas is another one of those tall sexy book boys who can fight and may or may not be dangerous. Actually, a lot of the secondary characters have some fascinating development and back story to them which is something you dont generally get a lot of in books like this. The plot was well& plotted? Oh dear, I need sleep. The plot was& riveting. It wasnt in any way original but the romantic story line was filled with twists and speed bumps that kept the book propped open on my pillow.

What made this book bad? The rest of the plot was simple and didnt really amount to much. The end of the book hints to an ulterior series plot but this book itself was mostly romance which wasnt a huge problem for me. The character of Bianca is dull dull dull. Shes one of those, what are they called? Mary Sue characters who are just pretty and sort of smart and attract all of the guys and she isnt really into anything. I felt that Ms. Gray delved so much deeper into smaller characters and completely neglected her main heroine.

Overall, I wouldnt say not to read this book. Its not like it was a dark black shadow upon young adult literature, and if youve never read a vampire novel before, you may actually enjoy it immensely. And really it made for an entertaining night. I would say that Evernight is great way to fritter away a few extra hours of unused time after a long day of making your brain work hard. Everybody needs a break now and then.

Reader reviewed by Elisa

I
absolutely loved Evernight in every way you can imagine! I could not
put it down EVER. The character development was amazing. I think that I
love Lucas even more than Edward Cullen... if that's even possible. One
thing that I'm not sure if I like or not is that the main character,
Bianca, has a crucial part of her that is kept from the reader until
the middle of the book. When the reader discovers what this is, it's
almost hard to understand because it was so unexpected. But then the
author expertly pulls you into the new view you now have on Bianca, the
school, and the other characters and you begin to understand everything
in a different way. The plot was extraordinary, the writing was
fantastic, and I can't wait to get my hands on the second book,
Stargazer, and see where Claudia Gray takes this unbelievable story.

Reader reviewed by Readergirl

At Evernight Academy, you either belong, or you're an outsider, and being an outsider has it's risks.
 
With it's walls and towers, decorated with gargoyles, and made of stone, Evernight is pretty intimidating to Bianca, a new student at the academy in which her parents have come to teach. A school where the teachers are strict and her fellow students, with the exception of a few students Bianca would consider normal, are all graceful, flawlessly beautiful, and don't accept her because she's shy and doesn't seem to fit in with their mega-rich lifestyles.
 
Luckily for Bianca, there's Lucas, a gorgeous guy who she meets while trying to run away from Evernight, and who convinces her to stay. Lucas is also a bit of an outsider at Evernight, and Bianca feels inexplicably drawn to him, but after their first meeting Lucas starts avoiding her for no reason, leaving Bianca confused and hurt as she tries to figure out if the connection she felt with him at their first meeting was only one sided.
 
Meanwhile, Bianca tries bonding with the other kids at Evernight, like her roommate Patrice Deveraux, and the handsome Balthazar More who's in her mother's history class. But Bianca feels out of place in this school of beauties, and though Balthazar is a great (amazing, terrific, fabulous, brilliant, gorgeous....) guy, she just can't seem to get her mind off of Lucas, and what she could have possibly done to scare him away.
 
But Lucas isn't what he seems: he's got a secret, and in the shadows of the academy, secrets don't stay hidden for long. Bianca has a strange feeling that something sinister is in the works at Evernight, and she might be right. Soon mysterious histories will resurface, and truths will be revealed. All it will take is a single bite.

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I really, really, really loved this book! There were a few things that didn't really make sense to me, but the story moved along fabulously and at that point I really didn't care about the weird bits because I loved the story so much. I read it staight through and I finished it in about 2 days because I literally couldn't put it down! Great read! ^_^

Reader reviewed by Desiree Mobley

This book was great i loved it! It was interesting, romantic, fun and sassy what more could you want in an amazing book like this?!!! Read it and you will see what i mean! I STRONGLY RECOMEND YOU READ THE BOOKS I RECOMEND IF YOU LIKE ROMANCE, MYSTERY,SUSPENSE,ACTION, AND TRU LOVE!!!! =)

Reader reviewed by Beth

I thought that this was a good book.  I enjoyed the slightly different take on vampires because it's hard to find an original way to present them.  The plot is somewhat predictable, but yet there are also some surprises.  The second book, Stargazer, is also something worth reading.